Ohio and Kentucky officials have discussed using tolls to help fund the $2.5billion Brent Spence Bridge replacement and renovation.

Written by

Scott Wartman
| The Cincinnati Enquirer

To stave off tolls, some people in Northern Kentucky want a state sales tax increase to fund the $2.5 billion Brent Spence Bridge replacement and renovation.

But an Enquirer analysis finds the proposal must overcome significant hurdles, including reservations from lawmakers around the state.It would likely require amending the Kentucky Constitution, top state lawmakers said. And there's no guarantee that any extra sales tax would even go to a new bridge, lawmakers said.

Developer Matth Toebben and others opposed to tolls on the bridge have started shopping a proposal to rid Kentucky of ...